Michael Joseph Defrance, D.O.

26% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

429 Medicare Part D claims for 237 beneficiaries, against an average of 579 among the 1,112 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 110 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Meloxicam179 claims
2. Amoxicillin92 claims
3. Oxycodone Hcl69 claims
4. Tramadol Hcl36 claims
5. Clindamycin Hcl14 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.4 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $819.71

19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 1,060 providers of this specialty with any payment received $68,015.27 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

2 hospitals and group practices

1. Central Maine Medical CenterAuburn, ME · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
2. Select Physical Therapy Holdings IncAuburn, ME

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.